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would be to cut them out and destroy the caterpillars. I found a very 
similar caterpillar at Shillong but could not breed it, so cannot say 
whether it was identical. 
Helcystogramma hibisci was reared at Nagpur on rose but is not a 
pest. 
Achea janata was also recorded on rose-leaves at Nagpur. Mr. Khare. 
Rose is a very unusual foodplant for A. janata. Mr. Fletcher. 
The buds ard flowers of rose are attacked by :— 
Heliothis obsoleta. 
Chiloloba acuta. 
Various Cetoniads and Meloids. 
In the North-West Frontier Province, in the Kohat Valley, I found 
rose-buds badly bored by caterpillars of 1. obsoleta and the same damage 
occurs in other parts of the North-West Frontier Province. The whole 
of the inside of the flower is eaten out. The only remedy is to collect 
and destroy the attacked buds which are conspicuous by the hole of 
entry of the caterpillar. 
Chiloloba acuta has also been noticed attacking rose flowers at Poona 
and various other Cetoniad and Meloid beetles also damage the flowers. 
They may be caught by hard or in hand-nets. * 
Boring insects attacking rose include :— 
Sthenias grisator. 
Calosterna spinator. 
Ceratina hieroglyphica. 
Sthenias grisator [“‘ South Indian Insects,” p. 326, fig. 182] girdles 
rose-stems in the same way as it attacks Erythrina and may do a good 
deal of damage. [See under Erythrina. | 
Celosterna spinator [ 1. ¢., p. 325, fig. 180] is not a regular borer in 
rose, but the adult beetles are sometimes found enawing twigs. 
Ceratina heroglyphica is a small bee which is found boring into the 
pith of pruned branches of rose-trees at Pusa and Bangalore. It pro- 
bably only bores in dead or dying stems and is therefore scarcely a pest. 
At Nagpur there is another borer in rose-trees. It is like Arbela Mr. Khare. 
but I cannot say definitely what it 1s. 
The roots and stems, and also cuttings, are sometimes attacked by Mr. Fletcher 
termites. Watering with Crude Oil Emulsion or a weak solution of 
Phenyle will drive them away temporarily. 
Sucking insects found on rose include :— 
Aspidiotus orientalis. 
Chrysomphalus (Aspidiotus) aurantiv. 
Icerya cegyptiaca, 
Aleyrodes cotesit. 
